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Inventors and Innovators

To explore the scientific enterprise and the contributions of diverse people.

Great American Inventors: Using Nonfiction to Learn About Technology Inventions

Students read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience.

I’ll Trade You Henry Ford for Ben Franklin!

Students create and trade inventor trading cards

Thomas Edison’s Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From “New” to You!

Individually or in small groups, have students draw or use images from the internet and magazines to create colorful pictorial timelines of the evolution of Edison’s inventions. Pictures of Edison’s inventions can be found on all the pages referenced in this lesson.

Inventions and Inventors

What is an invention? Why invent? How do inventions impact society?